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Wood­cliff Lake, N.J. – April 11, 2014 … BMW Team RLL equaled its best qual­i­fying effort of the young 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Series by placing its BMWZ4GTLM machines in the second and third starting posi­tions for tomorrow’s Sports Car Show­case at Long Beach race.

Wood­cliff Lake, N.J. – April 7th, 2014 …BMW Team RLL arrives at the Sports Car Show­case At Long Beach leading both the 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Cham­pi­onship GTLM Team and Driver stand­ings after podium finishes at the Rolex 24 At Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring. A second place finish at Daytona was followed by a third at Sebring for the No. 55 BMWZ4 to lead the team stand­ings. Drivers Bill Auberlen and Andy Priaulx share the lead in driver points.

Wood­cliff Lake, N.J. – March 14, 2014 … The intense compe­ti­tion the GTLM class demon­strated during the Rolex 24 At Daytona in January defi­nitely increased in today’s qual­i­fying session for the 62nd annual 12 Hours of Sebring. The top-seven cars of the 11-car class qual­i­fied within one second. The top three spots were even closer, seem­ingly only the blink of an eye covering the pole winning Porsche and the two BMW Team RLLZ4 machines.

Wood­cliff Lake, N.J. – March 12, 2014 … After five years of begin­ning its season at the Twelve Hours of Sebring, BMW Team RLL arrives ready for the 62nd annual event with some­thing it has never had before – momentum from a prior race. The new TUDOR United SportsCar Cham­pi­onship that has merged the GRAND-AM and ALMS series began with the Rolex 24 At Daytona in January. BMW Team RLL finished second and fourth — the only team in the GTLM class to finish both team cars in the top-five.

Daytona (US), 26th January 2014. BMW Motor­sport and BMW Team RLL expe­ri­enced a successful start to the United SportsCar Cham­pi­onship (USCC), securing an impres­sive podium result in what was the start of a new era in Amer­ican motor racing. The number 55 BMWZ4GTLM crossed the line second in the GTLM at the 24-hour race of Daytona (US), after completing a total of 679 laps of the iconic “Daytona Inter­na­tional Speedway” road course. Bill Auberlen (US), Andy Priaulx (GB), Joey Hand (US) and Maxime Martin (BE) strug­gled to match the pace of their direct oppo­si­tion on the long straights, due to the signif­i­cant top speed deficit of their BMWZ4GTLM. However, BMW Team RLL made up for this thanks to a great strategy, consis­tent lap times and a largely flaw­less perfor­mance by the crew, securing its maiden USCC podium in the process. GTLM victory in the Amer­ican endurance classic was secured by Porsche’s Nick Tandy (GB), Richard Lietz (AT) and Patrick Pilet (FR). At the finish line, final stint drivers Hand and Pilet were sepa­rated by only 2.838 seconds.

Daytona (US), 26th January 2014. The 24-hour race of Daytona (US) enters the finishing straight: After three quar­ters of the United SportsCar Championship’s (USCC) season opener, BMW Team RLL and its BMWZ4GTLM cars were able to consol­i­date its posi­tions among the top-five of the GTLM field.

Daytona (US), 25th January 2014. The 24-hour race of Daytona (US) is on: The number 56 BMWZ4GTLM, driven by Dirk Müller (DE), John Edwards (US), Dirk Werner (DE) and Graham Rahal (US) is running sixth in the GTLM cate­gory after six hours. Bill Auberlen (US), Andy Priaulx (GB), Joey Hand (US) and Maxime Martin (BE) hold seventh place in the opener of the maiden United SportsCar Cham­pi­onship (USCC) season. At 2:47 hours into the race the endurance classic had to be red-flagged for more than an hour following a serious acci­dent between Ferrari’s Matteo Malu­celli (IT) and Corvette driver Memo Gidley (US). At the wheel of his Daytona proto­type, Gidley hit Malucelli’s car, which was running slowly on the outside line, at high speed. Both drivers were trans­ported to the nearby Halifax Health Medical Center. In the GTD cate­gory, BMW works driver Augusto Farfus (BR) is ranked 21st along with his fellow Turner Motor­sport drivers Paul Dalla Lana (CA), Dane Cameron (US) and Markus Palt­tala (FI) in the BMWZ4GTD. A colli­sion early in the race had cost the yellow number 94 car several places. Mean­while, the drivers are racing in the dark at the “Daytona Inter­na­tional Speedway”. Martin is currently on duty at the wheel of the number 55 BMWZ4GTLM, while Werner is driving the number 56 car.

Wood­cliff Lake, N.J. – Jan. 23, 2014 … BMW Team RLL brings a power-packed driver lineup to the 52nd Rolex 24 at Daytona to pilot the two BMWZ4GTLM racing machines. Bill Auberlen, Joey Hand, Maxime Martin and Andy Priaulx will share the black No. 55 car. John Edwards, Dirk Müller, Graham Rahal and Dirk Werner will co-drive the white No. 56 machine. Among them Auberlen has two class wins (1997 GT3, 1998 GT3) and Müller one (1998 GT1) while Hand and Rahal co-drove to the 2011 overall victory in a BMW-powered Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Riley Daytona Proto­type. Team leader Bobby Rahal won the twice-around-the-clock classic as a driver in 1981. The 52nd annual Rolex 24 at Daytona starts at 2:10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25th with FOX Sports 1 covering the first two hours of the race live. A total of 15 hours of the race will be broad­cast on FOX Sports channels.

Wood­cliff Lake, N.J. – Oct. 19, 2013 … BMW Team RLL finished second and fourth in today’s Amer­ican Le Mans Series Petit Le Mans. The 16th annual1000-mile race, held at Road Atlanta in Braselton, GA, concluded the debut season for the new BMWZ4GTE with BMW finishing second in the GT class Manufacturer’s stand­ings and BMW Team RLL second in the Team stand­ings. Dirk Müller finished second in Driver points for the 2013 season.

Wood­cliff Lake, N.J. – Oct. 18, 2013 … Dirk Müller qual­i­fied the No. 56 BMW Team RLLZ4GTE fifth for tomorrow’s 1000-mile Petit Le Mans, the final race of the season and the Amer­ican Le Mans Series. His quick lap, 1:19.23 minutes, around the 2.54-mile Road Atlanta track came on his fifth circuit of the 15-minute qual­i­fying session. Müller, who will be racing for the GT driver’s title this weekend, will share the No. 56 machine with Bill Auberlen and John Edwards.